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THIS WEEK’S FRUIT
Tarocco Blood Orange
Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA
A beautiful orange to deep red flesh is revealed when you slice open a Tarocco. The flesh of the blood orange is firmer and more dense than an orange and its flavor is a little more tart.
Pink Lady Apple
Cuyama Farm, New Cuyama, CA
A cross between the Golden Delicious and Lady Williams, the Pink Lady is a crisp and juicy apple with a tart finish. Pink skins and a creamy white colored flesh that resists browning make this an excellent apple for salads and slicing.
Fuji Apples
Cuyama Farm, New Cuyama, CA
Fujis are a cross between Red Delicious and Ralls Janet, an heirloom apple dating back to Thomas Jefferson.
Navel Oranges
Twin Girl Farm, Yettem, CA
California Navel Oranges are considered to be the best Navels for eating out of hand. They have a thick skin that is easy to peel, are seedless and have a meaty and sweet flesh that makes them a perfect snack.
Hayward Kiwis
Chiechi Farm, Live Oak, CA
Originally known as the Chinese gooseberry due to its Chinese origins. Hawyward Wright, a New Zealand nurseryman propagated his plants by grafting, and they eventually became the preferred cultivar of growers due to their sweet flavor and thin skin.
Owari Satsuma Mandarins
Abounding Harvest Mounain Farm, Los Gatos, CA
Satsumas are typically seedless with a thin skin that is loosely attached to the flesh making them very easy to peel. The flesh of the mandarin is very sweet and delicate leaving them susceptible to bruising, so handle with care.
Ruby Grapefruit
Sundance Organic, Oceanside, CA
The Grapefruit is said to cross between the Jamaican sweet orange and the Indonesian pomelo, first documented in 1750. Ruby grapefruit was an accidental discovery of a red fruit growing on a pink grapefruit tree.
Cara Cara
Home Grown Organics
The Cara Cara or red-fleshed navel orange is believed to have developed as a cross between the Washington navel and the Brazilian Bahia navel. It was discovered at the Hacienda de Cara Cara in Valencia, Venezuela in 1976.
A NOTE FROM FARMER AL
Happy Holidays from All of Us at Frog Hollow Farm
Dear CSA Members,
December 21/2014:
The shortest day of the year. One of the most beautiful here at Frog Hollow Farm. Everything has been washed clean from the recent rains. Even though the sun was shining I felt like I was living in a water world. The day dawned foggy with the air dripping with moisture. The ground is soggy and saturated with the rain that fell last week, dew drops glisten in the tall green grass and every leaf is dripping tear drops of joy. By mid-afternoon I could see a hundred miles in every direction, the air was crisp and sparkling so I decided to spend it with my oldest daughter, Maddie. We went out into the fields of our
Winter Garden looking for anything and everything that was ripe and ready to eat. We found 2 kinds of kale, 3 different kinds of lettuces, radishes, turnips, cabbage. And while we were picking our amazing bounty we were both stung by stingy nettles – a first and nasty – experience for Maddie. The day ended with the most beautiful, fiery red sunset I have seen in many, many years. Our wish for each of you is that your holidays are spent enjoying good food, good friends and family.
Happy Holidays!
Farmer Al and Maddie
